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A review by okiecozyreader
The Champagne Letters by Kate MacIntosh
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
If you like books that take place in France, this is a fun one. It has just a little bit about the war in it, but it is mostly the story of two women in different time periods.
After a divorce, Natalie comes to Paris and finds Mme Clicquot’s journal. She envisions remaking herself and gaining inspiration from Clicquot. She meets a man selling wine, and wonders about her future. I thought this storyline kept me guessing. I love how there are parts from the author’s own life in this pov. There were a couple of twists that I thought were well done - a fun debut novel!
Barbs-Nicole Clicquot (1805) loses her husband and tries to build her wine business herself, without a man. I didn’t get as attached to this storyline, but I liked being able to see her life as it pertains to her journal and what she was trying to do. I love that this storyline was based on much of her real life (except for the maid). The author mentioned a recent movie Widow Clicquot about her life: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3234122/
“To do bold things does not mean one is without fear.”
“…wine is a reminder that life itself doesn’t last. To save things for later because you don’t want to use them is to deny them the very purpose of their existence. Wine was made to be consumed. Life was meant to be lived. To drink deeply.”
“Why did it always have to be so difficult? Life was a series of challenges, one mountain after the other, stretching out, exhausting to even ponder.”
After a divorce, Natalie comes to Paris and finds Mme Clicquot’s journal. She envisions remaking herself and gaining inspiration from Clicquot. She meets a man selling wine, and wonders about her future. I thought this storyline kept me guessing. I love how there are parts from the author’s own life in this pov. There were a couple of twists that I thought were well done - a fun debut novel!
Barbs-Nicole Clicquot (1805) loses her husband and tries to build her wine business herself, without a man. I didn’t get as attached to this storyline, but I liked being able to see her life as it pertains to her journal and what she was trying to do. I love that this storyline was based on much of her real life (except for the maid). The author mentioned a recent movie Widow Clicquot about her life: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3234122/
“To do bold things does not mean one is without fear.”
“…wine is a reminder that life itself doesn’t last. To save things for later because you don’t want to use them is to deny them the very purpose of their existence. Wine was made to be consumed. Life was meant to be lived. To drink deeply.”
“Why did it always have to be so difficult? Life was a series of challenges, one mountain after the other, stretching out, exhausting to even ponder.”